The voice, Zhao Minghan wasn't very familiar with, but he could never forget it.
It was Bai Xi, the Bai Xi who had left him with one hand and one leg in casts, unable to move freely!
His arm was fine, but his leg was badly injured, his tibia fractured. Even the best orthopedic specialists had told him it would take at least three months to recover.
This bitch dared to let her subordinates actually cripple one of his legs. How could he tolerate this!
But shouldn't she be dead by now? How did she end up here?
Could it be that the mercenaries he had paid a hefty sum to had not waited for her, and thus had to blow up the villa, and she had somehow found the mountain resort where he was, wanting to settle things with him privately?
What a fanciful thought!
"Bai Xi, coming to seek peace now, isn't it a bit too late!"
Bai Xi looked at him with an expression as if he were an idiot and said, "In my dictionary, Bai Xi, there are no words for seeking peace!"
Zhao Minghan sneered, "Good, then I'll see how long you can remain arrogant!"
With that, he turned and yelled at the man in the black suit behind him, "Someone, teach this arrogant woman a good lesson!"
This resort was built by his second uncle. Besides the basic security system, it was also equipped with many guards. Furthermore, because of the incident with Bai Xi, he had become even more cautious and had selected some mercenaries to act as his bodyguards.
This time, they would surely be more numerous and more formidable than Bai Xi's people!
If nothing unexpected happened, his men would arrive immediately and surround Bai Xi.
If nothing unexpected happened... something unexpected did.
The entire mountain resort was deathly quiet. Apart from his imperious voice, there was no response.
Zhao Minghan was stunned for a moment, then roared, "What's going on? Is this how you mercenaries do things? Where are they?"
The two men in black suits exchanged glances, their eyes revealing their confusion.
At this moment, two men in black close-fitting attire stepped forward and said to Bai Xi, "Young Madam, all the bodyguards in the resort have been subdued. We await your instructions for the next course of action."
Zhao Minghan's eyes widened in shock, "What?"
How was this possible? To prevent any accidents, he had stationed at least fifty bodyguards in the villa, and with the mercenaries, the number was close to a hundred, all of whom were highly skilled.
How could they have all been subdued without him noticing?
But the fact remained that those people had not appeared.
Bai Xi casually raised an eyebrow and said lightly, "Then there are two more."
The men in black close-fitting attire glanced at the two mercenaries in black suits standing beside Zhao Minghan, their expressions shifting slightly. In the next moment, they attacked.
The men in black suits instinctively reached for the pistols in their pockets. But as the pistols were just being pulled out from the leather straps outside their suit pants, the two men in black close-fitting attire had already reached them, striking them hard at the back of their knees. Both men instantly fell to their knees before Bai Xi.
The pistols in their hands also fell into the hands of the two men in black close-fitting attire, now held against their noggins, a slight misstep away from a headshot.
Seeing this, the beautiful woman in the bikini fainted directly.
Whether she was really unconscious or faking it, Bai Xi had no interest in knowing.
Zhao Minghan panicked and quickly took out his phone, dialing the mercenary leader's number. Unfortunately... the voice on the other end said, "The number you have dialed is out of service, please try again later."
He cursed the mercenaries' unreliability in his heart, unaware that they were already in a predicament of their own.
Zhao Minghan was filled with fear, but he did not forget to be belligerent. "Bai, Bai, Bai Xi, don't be too proud. I told you, I have people in the Shadow Department. I'm calling them now. If you dare to lay a hand on me, you will be dead. Not only you, but the entire Bai family will be reduced to ruins!"
Bai Xi's brow slightly lifted upon hearing this.
Seeing Bai Xi raise her brow, Zhao Minghan's panicked emotions stabilized slightly. "What, you're scared now?"
Bai Xi said calmly, "Then go ahead and call now."
Zhao Minghan was slightly surprised. She was waiting for him to make a call. Thinking of this, he suddenly burst into wild laughter. "Bai Xi, you don't even know what the Shadow Department is, do you? That's right, I investigated. You're just a stray girl who's been living outside. Over the years, you've probably slept with god knows how many men, using your looks and your body, to get the protection of some big shot!"
As soon as he finished speaking, an unopened lollipop flew violently towards Zhao Minghan's vile mouth, forcibly knocking out four of his front teeth, instantly filling his mouth with blood.
Zhao Minghan grimaced in pain, shouting loudly, startling the woman who had been feeding him grapes earlier into scrambling into a nearby flowerbed.
Bai Xi said lightly, "If you want to call, then call quickly. Everyone you can think of, everyone willing to help you, feel free to try calling them."
Since she had already decided to uproot the Zhao family from M City, she naturally had to know who the Zhao family was entangled with. For those who had no self-awareness and were overly confident, "cutting the weeds and eradicating the roots" was the most hassle-free and labor-saving approach.
As for the Shadow Department personnel he mentioned, she genuinely wanted to see who it was that this arrogant and reckless Zhao Minghan relied on.
Zhao Minghan realized at this moment that Bai Xi was crazy.
If no one came to save him today, he would surely die here.
He frantically clutched his agonizing mouth and made a call. The call connected: "Uncle Two, Uncle, I, Uncle, there's a crazy woman trying to kill me. I'm at the Bai family's ancestral resort, Han Zhuang. Hurry and bring people..."
With four of his front teeth knocked out, Zhao Minghan's speech was slurred, but understandable.
A definitive reply came from the other end of the phone: "Who dares to bully someone from our Zhao family? Didn't you tell him that the Zhao family has me!"
The reason Zhao Minghan had sought mercenaries instead of directly contacting his second uncle was that he hadn't been a promising person in his uncle's eyes. However, fortunately... his uncle was still protective and wouldn't disregard his life and the Zhao family's honor.
As long as he didn't reveal the reason why, and his uncle directly killed Bai Xi, then it would be fine!
After receiving a positive reply, Zhao Minghan's speech became more coherent. He immediately deflected blame onto Bai Xi, saying, "Uncle Two, that woman is a lunatic. She's arrogant and bossy, she ordered people to break my hands and legs, and she said the Shadow Department is nothing. She wants our Zhao family to have no descendants!"
The person on the phone also became enraged: "Tell her to have the nerve to wait there, don't run!"
Even if she ran, he would use the Shadow Department's resources to eliminate this crazy woman who dared to provoke the Bai family and the Shadow Department.
Zhao Minghan hung up the phone, his eyes fierce and triumphant. "Bai Xi, you're dead."
Bai Xi raised her eyebrows and asked calmly, "Do you have any more calls to make? Make them all at once."
Hearing this, Zhao Minghan's eyes held a hint of bewilderment.
This crazy woman was truly fearless in her ignorance, so nonchalant even as death approached.
"Heh, when the Shadow Department arrives, you'll be dead!"
Bai Xi's eyes held a trace of impatience. "It seems you have no more calls to make. Someone, tie him up securely and hang him from that coconut tree. We'll deal with him and his reinforcements when they arrive."